Combination merchandise package



Aug. 13, 1940. H. H. MEHRKENS COMBINATION MERCHANDISE PACKAGE Filed May7, 1938 Patented Aug. 13, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFhFlCE COMBINATIONMERCHANDISE PACKAGE Application May 7, 1938, Serial No. 206,571

- 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a combination package for promoting the saleof merchandise, which package, generally stated, comprises a mainpackage and a supplemental display package .securely yet detachablysupported on the exterior of the former.

The invention provides a simple and inexpensive combination packageespecially, though not exclusively, designed for use as a medium topromote the sale of the product advertised on the book matches; that isto say, assuming the advertising matter carried by the match contents ofthe usual commercial carton is directed to chewing gum, for example, thesupplemental package attached to the carton may contain samples of theadvertised product and as a result the latter will reach the consumerthrough the sale of the carton of matches and thus be introduced in thehome.

26 An exemplifying form of combination package embodying my inventionwill be hereinafter described and the scope of the invention thenexpressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a combinationmerchandise package embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the package.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the main package or carton, showing thesupplemental package, in

section, applied thereto preparatory to the fastening of the latter tothe carton.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supplemental holder.

Fig. 5 is a plan of the holder blank.

Referring to the drawing, A indicates a rectangular box or cartoncontaining advertising book matches, as B, and C indicates asupplemental holder for samples of the product advertised, as, forexample, packets of chewing gum. The blank for the holder, which isshown in Fig. 5, comprises a strip of paper or the like of properdimensions for its intended purpose but of greater length than requiredto encircle the box or carton, which strip is slitted longitu- 45dinally, as at 6, adjacent the respective sides of the midportion 1 ofthe strip so as to afford bendable body sections 8 and lateral side ortie members 9 between the portion 7 and the body of the strip. The stripis also provided at its extremi- 50 ties with connecting members, suchas the oppositely disposed hook portions In. The sections 8 aretransversely scored, as at H, and the adjacent side members are alsosuitably scored, as at l2, thus facilitating the relative flexing or 55bending of such sections or members to provide (Cl. ZOE-47) spacedskeleton pockets l3 for the endwise reception of packets, D, of sticksof chewing gum, or the like, and also to provide an intervening centralpocket l4 having a closed top and an open bottom for the endwisereception of similar packets, E, which constitute key members effectiveto lock the holder and its contents to the box or carton, as willpresently appear.

To use the hereinbefore described holder, packets, D, are first snuglyentered endwise in 10 the spaced pockets l3, as seen in Fig. 3, thepartially loaded holder is then applied transversely of the top of thecarton, and the ends of the strip are brought down against the sides andunder the bottom of the carton, where the hooks 15 I0 are interlocked,as seen. The packets E are then pushed endwise into the central pocketI4, and between the top of the carton and the midportion 7 of the strip,as seen in Figs. 1 and 2, thus bearing against such midportion and per-0 force tensioning the holder in a manner to lock it and the containedpackets upon the carton, which packets are thus bound together incompact parallel relation and co-act with the holder to ensure a firmand substantial union of the 25 carton and the supplemental package.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the detailsherein disclosed, as the structure may be modified within the principleof the invention and the scope of the appended 30 claims;

I claim:

1. A combination package embodying a main article receptacle, andsupplemental articles secured thereon by a strip of greater length than35 the perimeter of the main article receptacle, said strip havingintermediate its end longitudinally spaced pairs of longitudinal slits,the portion of the strip between the respective slits and the adjacentedge of the strip forming tie members, the central portion of the stripbetween the slits forming bendable body sections, said strip also havingend securing means, the tie members and the body section being bent inreverse directions on transverse lines to form open-endedarticlecontaining pockets extending transversely of the strip andoverlying the main receptacle, the articles contained in the pocketscoacting with the main receptacle and the strip to tension the strip,thus ensuring a stable union of the associated package elements.

2. A combination package embodying a main article receptacle andsupplemental articles secured thereon by a strip of flexible material,said strip having two longitudinal slits on each side of the mid-portionof the strip, there being a body section between each pair of slits anda tie member between each slit and the edge of the strip, said stripalso having end securing means, the tie members and the body sectionsbeing bent on transverse lines in reverse directions to form open endedarticle containing pockets on each side of the mid-portion of the stripand extending transversely of the strip overlying the main receptacle,there being an intervening pocket between the first mentioned pockets,formed of the mid-portion of the strip and the main receptacle, thearticles contained in the pockets coacting with the main receptacle andthe strip to tension the strip, thus ensuring a stable union of theassociated package elements.

3. A supplemental package holder of the character described, comprisinga strip of flexible material having parallel longitudinal slits on eachside of the mid-portion of the strip to form adjacent tie membersadapted to form a transversely extending open ended pocket on each sideof the mid-portion of the strip when the adjacent tie members are bentreversely along transverse lines, and a pocket therebetween having anopen bottom and a closed top formed by the mid-portion of the strip, theends of the strip having complementary locking members.

4. A supplemental package holder blank comprising a strip of flexiblematerial having complementary locking members at its ends, two spacedtransverse scores adjacent each end of the strip, a pair of longitudinalslits on each side of the mid-portion of the strip, a transverse scoreextending from the end of each slit remote from the mid-portion to theedge of the strip, a transverse score on each side of the midportionextending from the other end of one slit to the other, a secondtransverse score on each side of the mid-portion extending from one slitto the other between the ends of the slits and transverse scoresextending from each slit to the edge of the strip between the last-namedscores and the scores extending from the ends of the slits to the edgesof the strip.

HERMAN H. LTEHRKENS.

